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Andrew Bellavia has today announced the launch of a new consulting business, AuraFuturity, to serve the hearing health and related hearables markets. Focusing on go-to-market, branding, and content, AuraFuturity is positioned to assist innovators to define their value and communicate it effectively to their target customers.  “Untreated hearing loss is a global pandemic with more than 1.5 billion people affected,

SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY — More than 2,500 hearing care professionals registered for the knowledge-sharing Oticon Own™ launch event, including a live audience at Oticon US headquarters in Somerset, NJ who joined alongside virtual participants from across the US. The launch event introduced Oticon Own™, the world’s first custom hearing aid with an on-board Deep Neural Network* (DNN). Oticon President Gary

HAUPPAUGE, NEW YORK — Widex USA Inc. today introduced Widex MOMENT Sheer – its new hearing technology solution that “builds upon the proven benefits of Widex MOMENT to further enhance wearers’ lifestyles and wellbeing. The new solution strives to deliver the perfection of natural sound by expanding the benefits of Widex PureSound to more users; adding advanced software and hardware

WASHINGTON D.C.  — Otolith Labs, a medical technology company developing noninvasive wearable medical devices for the treatment of vestibular disorders, announced the closing of a $20 million Series A financing round by Morningside Ventures. Building on prior investments from businessman Mark Cuban and leading ENT physicians, the proceeds will be used to support the company’s ongoing clinical programs, anticipated FDA

In July 2022, Bose Corporation and Lexie Hearing announced a partnership to bring Bose’s self-fitting hearing aid technology to the Lexie Hearing product line. The new Lexie B1 Hearing Aids ‘Powered by Bose’, allow wearers to fit, program, and control their hearing aids “with clinically proven, audiologist-quality results — without a doctor visit, hearing test, or prescription.”      In

PISCATAWAY, NEW JERSEY – Signia today launched its highly-anticipated Styletto AX hearing aid featuring two new capabilities for its Augmented Xperience (AX) platform – My WellBeing and CallControl. These new features further “optimize human performance through enhanced hearing and general wellness in various aspects of life.” First introduced in 2018, Signia’s Styletto is the world’s first SLIM-RIC hearing aid that

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – SafKan Health has announced its partnership with the hearing aid manufacturer, Signia, to make the OtoSet® Ear Cleaning System available through the Signia Aspire program.  According to the American Academy of Otolaryngology, excessive earwax is present in over 35 million Americans including 1 in 10 children, 1 in 20 adults, and more than one-third of the senior

Making It Real Verizon’s patent #11386903 seeks to improve speech in artificial worlds, where understanding speech turns out to be just as hard as in daily life As in the real world, certain artificial reality worlds may immerse users in complex and chaotic audio environments. For instance, an artificial reality world may include a significant number of people speaking at

This week, host Kathleen Wallace sits down with Dr. Barbara Weinstein, Professor and Founding Executive Officer of the Health Sciences Doctoral Program at the CUNY Graduate Center. Dr. Weinstein is probably best known for her role in the development of the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE), a self-assessment tool containing 25 questions that are designed to assess the

BOSTON, MASSACHUSSETTS — An artificial-intelligence (AI) model built at Mass Eye and Ear was shown to be significantly more accurate than doctors at diagnosing pediatric ear infections in the first head-to-head evaluation of its kind, a research team working to develop the model for clinical use reported. According to a new study published August 16 in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, the model,